School of Culture and Society

Organisational unit: Research School

Organisation profile

The School of Culture and Society continues an almost thirty-year tradition of teaching and research in cultural studies at Leuphana University of Lüneburg.  At the faculty, more than one hundred scholars from disciplines such as art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography and history teach and conduct research in a total of five institutes. The faculty currently offers three majors ("Cultural Studies," "Studium Individuale", and "Digital Media") and four minors ("Philosophy," "Digital Media / Information Technology and Culture", and "Studium Individuale") at Leuphana College and four master's degrees ("Critical Studies - Arts - Theory - History", "Media and Digital Cultures", "Culture and Organization" and "Theory and History of Modernity").

Topics

Die Wissenschaftsinitiative Kulturforschung fragt nach den historischen und kulturellen Grundlagen, Praktiken und Werten der Zivilgesellschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Aus der Perspektive der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften verbindet die Initiative zwei anwendungsorientierte Forschungsschwerpunkte (Kunst & visuelle Kultur, Medienkultur & Kommunikation) mit einem starken Kernbereich Integrativer Kulturforschung. Beteiligt sind derzeit etwa 20 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Kunst, Medien, Philosophie, Geschichte, Literatur, Soziologie, Politik, Informatik und Geographie/Raumwissenschaft.

  1. 2009
  2. Published

    Historii nelze rolišit od jejího zobrazení

    Hagener, M., 2009, In: Cinepur. 65, p. 6-7 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Hypertext: Oder die Befreiung des Geistes durch die Maschine

    Warnke, M., 2009, Jahrbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Germanistik interdisziplinär. Schiewer, G. L. (ed.). München: IUDICIUM Verlag GmbH, Vol. 35. p. 194-209 16 p. (Jahrbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache - Intercultural german Studies; vol. 35).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    International Relations in Europe: Traditions, Perspectives and Destinations

    Fortin, J., 2009, In: Swiss Political Science Review. 15, 1, p. 188-196 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  5. Published

    "It´s All in the Game": Computerspiele zwischen Spiel und Erzählung

    Beil, B. (ed.), Simons, S. (ed.), Sorg, J. (ed.) & Venus, J. (ed.), 2009, Marburg: Schüren Verlag. 169 p. (Navigationen – Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften; vol. 9, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  6. Published

    It's the community, stupid! Urbane Regierungstechniken der Selbstverwaltung

    Apprich, C., 2009, Phantom Kulturstadt. Becker, K. & Wassermair, M. (eds.). Wien: Löcker Verlag, p. 244-250 (Texte zur Zukunft der Kulturpolitik; no. 2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan or The boy who would not grow up

    Gebsattel, J. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Bal - Bot. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 2. p. 143-144 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  8. Published

    Jonathan Swift, A modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people of Ireland from beeing a burden to their parents or the country, and for making them beneficial to the public

    O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha - Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 795 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  9. Published

    Jonathan Swift, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World: by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships

    O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha-Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 793-794 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  10. Published
  11. Published

    "Keine Sommerfrische": das Bild der "Reise" in der Holocaust-Literatur

    Fischer, T., 2009, Ästhetik der Ausschließung: Ausnahmezustände in Geschichte, Theorie, Medien und literarischer Fiktion. Ruf, O. (ed.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 241-256 16 p. (Film - Medium - Diskurs; vol. 25).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch